Okworo Surname

301,076th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Okworo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okworo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6901:66,9276,407
Nigeria5071:349,39418,879
Uganda601:650,65533,621
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Okworo (113) may also be a first name.

Okworo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okworo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Okworo is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okworo? popularity and diffusion

Okworo is the 301,076th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,774,601 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okworo live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 881,625th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 113 people.

The surname Okworo is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 690 people, or 1 in 66,927. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 36 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 26 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 40 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.

Okworo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okwoero928/
Okworot921/
Okwooro921/
Onkworo921/
Okwuoro921/
Okworoit8615/
Okwaro834,849/
Okwero833,132/
Akworo8324/
Ekworo8319/
Ogworo8315/
Okuoro8315/
Okwora8313/
Ukworo8310/
Okwuro831/
Okwaroi77105/
Okwuora7744/
Okwarot7723/
Ogwhoro7714/
Okwaroh773/
Okworah773/
Okwuero772/
Akworot771/
Okwaroy771/
Okgboro771/
Ukwuoro771/
Okwuorah7186/
Akworoit712/
Okwera6716,697/
Akwero6714,774/
Okwara6712,147/
Ekwaro672,536/
Ogboro67801/
Ogwaro67569/
Ogwora67469/
Akwaro67159/
Ogwero6734/
Egworo6733/
Ekwero6724/
Okwura6716/
Agworo6711/
Okouhorou674/
Akwuro672/
Oguoro671/
Ogwuro671/
Ukwuro671/
Ekwora671/
Ocwero671/
Akuoro671/
Ekuoro671/
Ugworo671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Okworo
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